TLC Country Floral: Wednesday June 3

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

First Blooms

Papaver Orientale

Oriental Poppy

Poppies can be a bit fussy in our gardens but they are well worth a little effort. The winters we experience out here on the prairie seem to be tough on plants like poppies and lupines. Wait for the seed heads to mature then place the entire seed head barely below ground. Let Mother Nature do the work for you and baby poppies and lupines will appear for you the next year. Some of our poppy blooms measure 14 inches across. These fragile looking flowers really withstand the wind, too!

Finally.....the first rose of the season!

Centaurea dealbata

Bachelor Button, Knapweed

Growing to 18 inches high this zone 3 perennial adds late spring and early summer beauty to the gardens. It is tolerating our dry weather beautifully!

Baptisia

False Indigo

Beautiful blue blooms and interesting seed pods through the summer.

Dark Leafed Dahlia - Sunshine

One of our most requested plants! Our first bloom of the season with many more to come!

Welcome!

It all starts with a seed! Welcome to our blog! TLC Country Floral is nestled on the Nebraska prairie between Fremont and Hooper. We grow and dry flowers harvested from gardens located on our property. We use many methods to dry flowers including air drying and freeze drying. The beautiful blooms harvested from our gardens are used to create stunning arrangements in traditional, vintage and contemporary containers. Others adorn wreaths and swags. Our extensively landscaped property includes a potting shed, gazebo, granite patio, rose garden, pergola and cutting garden. Our landscape includes over 100 container gardens that showcase the unique and unusual plants we sell in our greenhouse. Each year we hold two to three scheduled open houses. During the growing season we host shop and garden tours by appointment. We invite you to follow our blog as we share decorating and design ideas for your home and garden. We will show you what’s blooming behind our garden gate and share with you how to grow it in your own garden. We will show you the new designs and treasures available in the shop and give you ideas about adding life and texture to your home with the use of flowers. You may even see a familiar face on our blog when we post pictures of some of our summer visitors. Thanks for sharing this amazing journey with us! It really does all start with a seed!